How to hide some fields from People Module?

[Golla_ Haripriya _MEDIN NON-J_J_]

In issue layout left context we have People module with some fields like Assignee, Reporter, Votes and Watchers so, we need only Watchers their need to hide remaining fields

[Brita Moorus]

Adding to @Enric Font's answer - I would be careful with hiding Assignee or Reporter through field configuration.

Technically it may remove them from the issue view, but those are core Jira fields and hiding them can create confusion later with assignment, reporting, notifications, filters, dashboards, and automations.

If the goal is only to make the issue view cleaner, I'd rather:

• disable Voting if you do not use it

• keep Assignee and Reporter visible

• train users to focus on Watchers where needed

• or use a Marketplace/custom app if a very specific issue layout is required

So the short answer is: you can't natively customize only the People panel to show Watchers only. And I would not recommend hiding core fields just for layout reasons 💙

[Golla_ Haripriya _MEDIN NON-J_J_]

I need this requirement for only one Project and tried to Create a UI fragment and configure to Issue layout  to hide people module and visible only watchers but it won't.

[Enric Font]

Dear @Golla_ Haripriya _MEDIN NON-J_J_ 

There is no configuration to selectively hide individual fields (for example, hide Assignee, Reporter, and Votes while keeping Watchers). Atlassian only allows you to control the visibility of custom fields in the issue layout—not the individual contents of the system People panel.

Your options are:

1. Disable Votes
   • Go to Jira Settings → System → General configuration
   • Turn off Voting
   • The Votes field will disappear everywhere in Jira.
2. Hide Assignee or Reporter
   • The only native way is to hide these fields in the project's Field Configuration.
   • However, this removes the fields from the issue entirely, not just from the People panel, and will affect assignment/reporting functionality.
3. Custom UI (Forge/Connect app)
   • If your goal is to show only Watchers, the only practical solution is to build a custom issue panel or use a Marketplace app that provides a customized issue view.

[Golla_ Haripriya _MEDIN NON-J_J_]

Thank you for the clarification. We are using Jira data center with script runner. Is there any supported script Runner UI Fragment approach(web panel, web resource, or any other extension point) that can modify the built-in people module, or is this completely unsupported even with script runner?

[Enric Font]

try with:

• Create a custom ScriptRunner web panel in the issue right context showing only Watchers.
• Try hiding the original People panel only if ScriptRunner’s Hide UI Element detects it as a system/plugin panel.